The Hindu       20.01.2011

Property card a must starting April 1

Property-related transactions in Mysore will be barred from April 1 without the property card by way of Form 13 to be issued under the Urban Property Ownership Records (UPOR) project now under way in the city.

The embargo will not apply to the entire city immediately but only to certain zones so far covered by the UPOR and will be extended to the entire Mysore City Corporation jurisdiction and 42 villages around it, covering an area of 180 sq. km, in a phased manner. This was disclosed by Rajeev Chawla, who is in charge of the UPOR project and Secretary of the Bhoomi project, here on Wednesday. Mr. Chawla said that in all 2.75 lakh properties would have to be surveyed and the owners would be issued property ownership records. He said no transaction of properties in urban areas would take place without this document and the sub-registrar's office would stop registration in case of change in ownership due to sale or purchase of property, if the relevant document was not produced by the owner.

The project is being implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in association with Secon Pvt. Ltd. Out of nearly 2.75 lakh properties, the authorities have covered around 50,000.

Under the UPOR project, the entire city is being surveyed and all the properties mapped in relation to other coordinates and the draft database will be posted on the website for the public who will be given time to file objections, if any, or point out any discrepancy regarding their property.

While nearly 50,000 property owners have submitted their documents and will start receiving the property card from April, the remaining owners have been urged to visit the UPOR project office either at the old tahsildar's office at Nazarbad (0821-3261547) or Room Number 22 at the Deputy Commissioner's office for details and follow-up action.

UPOR project being implemented in a phased manner